Any person may provide the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office or the President of the Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board with information to the effect that a trademark for which an application for registration was filed cannot be registered because it falls under Article 54, along with evidence.
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Trademark Act — Article 49 (Provision of Information)
상표법 제49조
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